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Patented Peb. 15, 1887.

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EDWARD L. GAYLORD, OF BRIDGEIORT, CONNECTICUT.

FOLDING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,591, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed February 25, 1886.

Beit known that LEDWARD L. GAYLORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in folding chairs, and especially to that class shown in my Letters Patent Nos. 330,222, 330,223, 330, 224, and 330,225, and has for its Object to still further simplify andA improve the construction shown in said patents; and with these ends in view my present invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter explained, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may f'ully understand its construction and operation, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a chair-standard and chair embodying my presen t improvement 5 Fig.2, a vertical section ofthe standard, showing the operative parts in elevation; Fig. 3, an inverted detail perspective of the chair seat and frame in their relative position, a portion of the latter being broken away; Fig. 4., a section at the line x a: of Fig.`1, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of sufficient of my above-named patented improvement to illustrate my present invention applied thereto,the parts being shown in full lines in the position of use and in dotted lines in position when the footrest is turned up out of the way. v

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In practice it has been found desirable when chairs are to be used in public halls to have a foot-rest; but where the chair folds upon itself, so as to afford an unobstructed exit in case of iire or accident, it has been found difficult to provide such a rest. These difficulties I overcome in the following manner:

To the rear of the standard A is pivoted the Serial No. 193,169. (No model.)

footrest B, the short end of which extends inward and is provided with a pin, C, projecting forward, for the purpose presently explained. Vitliin the standard is pivoted the seat-frame D, in the same vertical plane as is the foot-rest. This frame extends inward from its pivotal point and has projecting from its rear a pin, E, in vertical alignment with the pin C. A rod, F, connects these two pins, so that any movement of the seat-frame about its pivotal point will cause the foot-rest to have a like movement about its pivotal point, and vice versa. Thus it will be seen that when the chair is open for use a foot-rest is afforded the person occupying the chair next in the rear 5 but when the seat-frame is folded the rest is also simultaneously folded, and as it is pivoted outside of Y the frame and in the same vertical plane it will take the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1, where it will be entirely out of the way.

G is a rod secured to the standard by bolts, and H is a coil-spring placed upon said rod, its free end adapted to bear upon the pin C, the tendency of which is to force the inner end of the rest and seat-frame downward.

I is a ratchet placed upon the rod G and having a shank, to which one end of the spring H is attached. By operating the ratchet more or less tension may be given to the spring, so as to overcome the weight of the seat-frame and rest.

Cast with or secured to the ends of the seatframe and projecting inward therefrom are open lugs or sockets J. Secured to the under side of the seat K are fork-likehooks L, which pass-within the openings in the lugs7 thus forming a hinge j oint or connection between the seat and the frame. To' remove the seat it is only necessary to turn it to an upright position, when the hooks may be readily withdrawn from the openings in the lugs.

Vhile the seat may bereadily removed when desired, there is no liability of accidental displacement, from the fact that the heels of the hooks, when the seat is in position for use, abut against the lugs, thus preventing the withdrawal of said hooks. This feature of my improvement is of great importance, as it greatly facilitates the shipment and repairing or cleaning of the chairs, and also makes the seats interchangeable, so that the chairs may be provided in the winter with upholstered seats and IOO in the summer with perforated or cane seats, and this will be readily seen to be a great advantage.

Of course I do not limit myself to the style of 5 standard or frame shown, as this is a matter of convenience or taste, for my foot-rest may with equal facility be applied to any of the constructions shown in the patents above referred to; also, my manner of detachably pivoting seats to to chairs may be used in connection with any form of chair without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- 15 l. The herein-described combination ofthe seat-frame and foot-rest, pivoted in the same vertical plane and connected by a rod or link,

EDWARD L. GAYLORD.

Witnesses:

S. H. HUBBARD, S. S. WILLIAMSON. 

